written by ASTRABOY on 27/02/2006
Good Points
Good looks
Performance
Boot space
Equipment levels
Bad Points
Only 5 gears
Rear vision
General Comments
I'd wanted another performance Astra ever since I parted with my Mk 2 GTe 16v that I had owned for 5 years and loved to bits. Having owned both a Golf VR6 and a 306 GTi-6 I decided as soon as I could afford a Mark 4 GSi I'd buy one and even though I've not had it long I'm starting to fall in love with it. I do miss the 6 gears I had on the pug though and it's a pain to reverse because of that spoiler in the middle of the back window but otherwise it's a great car and not unlike an updated Mk 2 16v. All that's missing is the digital dash